iamtheCODE Podcast

In this episode, Marieme Jamme speaks to 13 year old iamtheCODE Country Ambassador for South Africa, Paetyn Naidoo. Living in Johannesburg, Paetyn, shares insights on how the Covid-19 lockdown has impacted young people and the importance of leadership, courage, unity and creativity across all communities over this time. She shares that despite the challenges, the crisis has vividly highlighted to all across the globe that access to the internet should be declared a human right for all by the United Nations, especially given its impact to unlock opportunities for the youth. Marieme and Paetyn discuss how they first met in South Africa last year when Paetyn worked as Country Ambassador to help organize iamtheCODE’s first hackathon in South Africa that had the UN Global Goals as its main theme, bringing over 100 young girls from across Johannesburg together.

Tech Pioneer and Investor Ambarish Mitra is the guest of Marieme Jamme in this episode. 

Mitra is one of the smartest, most creative, innovative thinkers in the tech industry. He is someone whose name is almost synonymous with Augmented Reality. His company Blippar is a leading and award-winning Augmented Reality company in the UK. He is also an investor and a highly spiritual and respected entrepreneur. Both discuss how passionate they are for the tech industry and the need to stay innovative, humble, creative but respect people who pave the way for us.

Listen to a conversation hosted by Marieme Jamme, featuring Rachel Nishimura, one the iamtheCODE volunteer in Brazil. She was born and raised in Sao Paulo; she began working at the age of 11 years old.

Her grandfather came to Brazil from Japan in the second immigration ship, and her mother is the daughter of Brazilian native Indian. She also has Portuguese blood from her father who immigrated in Brazil. 

We dedicated this podcast to all ll our incredible volunteers. The Custodian of local Wisdom. We have them all over the world. Thank you for supporting us.

Marieme's heart to heart conversation with James Chau, Young Global Leader, broadcaster, continues. James shared some of the most meaningful moments of his upbringing and the power of generosity. He also spoke candidly about his loving parents and how they taught him to be kind and compassionate. He talked about the need for more understanding and human society, especially during this pandemic period where millions are looking for positivity.

A heartwarming conversation between Mariéme Jamme and James Chau. Two Young Global Leaders from the World Economic Forum sharing love and the power of generosity. They have seen themselves in each other.

Mariéme shared how she felt about James kindness and generosity when they met for the first time. They discuss the Power of Generosity, his upbringing and their passion for justice for the voiceless. Chau is a renowned and well respected Media personality who is the Host of The China Current and the World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador. He granted iamtheCODE the honour to discuss his childhood, why the world needs more kind, resilient, compassionate and generous souls. 

He interviewed global leaders from all walk of life, such as Late Winnie Mandela, Paul Kagame, Robert Mugabe, Elton John  and Annie Lennox, notable for raising money and awareness for HIV/ AIDS. as it affects women and children in Africa. 

Find out how the two found friendship through generosity, respect and love.

Welcome to the iamtheCODE Podcast, hosted by Senegalese British Technologist Marieme Jamme.

What is happening to young girls during this lockdown and Covid-19 pandemic?

The coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented event in modern history. On this episode, Jamme has written a moving letter to young girls living under Lockdown and Covid-19 during Mother's day. She empathises with young girls all around the world and community leaders.

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To uplift our spirit during this pandemic period, Mariéme Jamme and Miwaza Jemimah discuss how to transform your life through resilience. 

Marieme explore the powerful truth of resilience, wellbeing and share some of the resources she learnt during her life to help you stay focused and resilient. 

Her guest Miwaza, started her company when she was 13 years old, never been to school, through, passion resilience and determination, she managed to create her business and now working for the world-leading companies in the world. 

They travelled to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, home of over 190,000 +refugees to feature young refugee girls that she calls her partners. Miwaza captured their stories with authenticity, empathy and compassion. 

Find out how they both transformed her through resilience. Jamme also encourages girls to get visibility and find connections to help them in their businesses.

During the COVID 19 period - Award-Winning Senegalese technologist, climate activist and founder of iamthecode introduced the second episode of the iamtheCODE podcast featuring the amazing Kakuma Refugee Girls.

The Kakuma Refugee girls share their stories and their dreams in the episode; they mention that “Being a refugee is not written on their back”. 

The girls are refugees from South Sudan and Kinshasa. They have had it very tough; however, they never cease to show resilience and optimism. This podcast is a great way to uplift your emotions during this Coronavirus lockdown.

Kakuma camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement had a population of 196,050 registered refugees and asylum-seekers at the end of March 2020. 

This is a group of extraordinary girls.

The start of the iamtheCODE podcasts starts in the heart of Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya. In this episode, we learn how coding is linked to the well being of our girls in the camp. The podcast features the #iamKakuma girls.